. Ontario Sessional Papers, 1905, . receivedcasts of two very fine specimens picked up in Manvers township, Dur-ham county, forty years ago. For these we are indebted to Mr. DOlier, now of Rochester, The specimen figured was found by Dr. T. W. Beeman. Copper. The appearance of the copper tool shown here (fig. 75) is striking-ly European—perhaps because it reminds one so much of the blade ofa spokeshave. It is safe to assume that the tangs were for some sortof handle attachment, and perhaps the implement was used as acurriers blade is, or, like what is known as the womans kni
. Ontario Sessional Papers, 1905, . receivedcasts of two very fine specimens picked up in Manvers township, Dur-ham county, forty years ago. For these we are indebted to Mr. DOlier, now of Rochester, The specimen figured was found by Dr. T. W. Beeman. Copper. The appearance of the copper tool shown here (fig. 75) is striking-ly European—perhaps because it reminds one so much of the blade ofa spokeshave. It is safe to assume that the tangs were for some sortof handle attachment, and perhaps the implement was used as acurriers blade is, or, like what is known as the womans knife, or Esk-imo knife. This peculiar specimen was found eight feet deep inan excavation made for the Trent Canal, w^here it crosses the Portageroad, in Eldon township, Victoria county. In such cases, however,little or no value can be attached to depths. What was lying on or 4 ARCH. 50 ARCH^OLOGICAL REPORT near the surface only a minute ago may be found feet, or fathomsbelow, as the result of a little loosening of the earth where an object. Fig. 75, (18,227) lay; but when the tinder take this specimen from undisturbed soil,no matter at what depth, the case is very different. In this instancethe conditions, if not uncertain, were not mentioned. The tool is considerably weathered, especially the tang portions,showing the peculiar fibre-ridges so often found on long-exposed,cold-hammered, copper articles. Figure 75, (18,227), was found by Mr. Alexander Miles, andforms part of the collection presented by Mr. George E. Laidlaw.
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